• Running Vulcan over Metal? MetalVK - This could turn out interesting, and if I understand this correctly, will be the basis for wrappers in the future, and likely be much faster than the current OpenGL-DirectX wrappings that exist now?

I still want to save myself. I'd imagine any toon started in OS X will be living in a different world than any toon I start later on Xbox.

You should not have told me that. I have a weakness for MMOs. If I buy this and get hooked on the OS X version I might never buy the Xbox and that would be all because of you. I hope you will think about that next time.

I might blow away bootcamp in a desperate attempt to restore some sanity around here. I keep thinking, it's not even about Windows or whatever. It's just about what I have time for. Since I have a lot of great games for Mac I keep asking myself, why don't you just give up? You can't do it. There is just not enough time. Just be a Mac user, simplify your life and enjoy your console when you get it. Even that gives me so much stuff to play it's ridiculous.

Moments later... I think I'll reboot and upgrade to Windows 10. That'll be cool. Plus, I want to play all my Windows games and be done with Windows. Yeah, I should do that.

Some time later... boy, this is a pain in the rear. Another evening spent installing all kinds of stuff instead of playing a game or doing something else that is fun. When will I ever learn?

Late that same night... I guess I'll just crash and let Windows keep updating itself and rebooting and updating itself I guess. I'm tired.

Next morning over coffee. I guess I should install a few dozen games to play in Windows. This way I can be sure to play all these while my entire investment in Mac games becomes obsolete with the next release or two of OS X. This is a good idea. I wonder what I should play first. I know, how about Ultima III because I want to play all the old games i missed over the years. There's no point in playing something that released this year when I could be reveling in yesteryear's amazing games.

A short time later... I don't feel like doing this. I think I'll go see what's happening on CNN, IMG, etc. Maybe I will play a game later.

I think I just might trash it. I can install it again sometime if I want. The Steam and GOG Windows games I own aren't going anywhere. I waste too much time thinking about this stuff and screwing around instead of just firing up a game and having fun. What I should probably do is forget about all things Windows and if at some point I run out of Mac and console games to play, well lucky me has a bunch in reserve and those ones have a lot better shelf life than my OS X ones do.

Yep, I chose a bad example because actually Lairware is still around and the guy keeps it updated. It runs just fine on El Capitan. I was messing with it the other day. Best version of Ultima III in existence, bar none.

The thing is, if I had half a brain I'd be playing something like Pillars of Eternity instead which would be right up my alley. I love stuff like that. I haven't even played my Enhanced BG, BGII and Icewind Dale games yet and I loved Baldur's Gate. Honest, I am so damned crazy sometimes.

It is interesting that under Metal the 4000 and 650M are neck and neck on T-Rex (impressive?) but under OpenGL the 650 bests the 4000 by a significant margin. Also the 650M OpenGL numbers are regaldamdissapointing all-around.

Is this indicative of how bad the Nvidia drivers are for OS X? I mean I would expect more than a 3fps gain with the 650M over the 4000 on the Manhattan test.

Not sure this whets my appetite for some actual Metal supported games.